regshoe

Goslings on the river, starlings in the streets

A gosling is a baby goose, a starling is...not a baby star. : ) Why does it have a diminutive suffix? Actually, a starling is called a "stare" in Swedish.

and I prefer the characters not to begin a sexual relationship until the emotional situation between them is resolved

Ah, now I understand the reference in your email to my FotH stories, because I do remember you were not that into this aspect of my monster AU! Although there, the situation was even more complicated, because Ewen was Keith's prisoner. I can definitely enjoy stories where characters have sex before they talk about, or fully realize, their feelings--I suppose because it makes for complicated and interesting situations, and the opportunity for the characters to have a lot of Feelings before things are resolved. But tastes differ, of course.

I'm glad you enjoyed the setting and characters, anyway! Yes, I do think the precarity of the servants' world is well done, and how they are constantly "on call"--there's a reason for that title...